23/02/2011 Comments Off on Arcade Fire: ‘The cliched rock life never seemed that cool to us’ | GUARDIAN

They don’t buy into the rock’n’roll lifestyle, their songs deal with big ideas, and their live shows – which now take place inside huge arenas – favour exuberance over irony and aloofness. And yet Arcade Fire, who emerged from Montreal’s indie scene in 2004, are somehow the hottest band on the planet. Sean O’Hagan meets them on their world tour and asks whether they can keep evolving as they get bigger